James 1:4

1:4 And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

James 2:20

2:20 But would you like evidence, ¹  you empty fellow, ²  that faith without works is useless? ³ 

James 2:25-26

2:25 And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way? 2:26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

James 3:12

3:12 Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, ⁴  or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water.

James 4:9

4:9 Grieve, mourn, ⁵  and weep. Turn your laughter ⁶  into mourning and your joy into despair.

James 4:15

4:15 You ought to say instead, ⁷  “If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”

James 5:8

5:8 You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord’s return is near.

James 5:18

5:18 Then ⁸  he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.

[2:20]  ¹ tn Grk “do you want to know.”

[2:20]  ² tn Grk “O empty man.” Here the singular vocative ἄνθρωπε (anqrwpe, “man”) means “person” or even “fellow.” Cf. BDAG 82 s.v. ἄνθρωπος 8 which views this as an instance of rhetorical address in a letter; the pejorative sense is also discussed under the previous heading (7).

[2:20]  ³ tc Most witnesses, including several important ones (א A C² P Ψ 33 Ï sy bo), have νεκρά (nekra, “dead”) here, while Ì⁷⁴ reads κενή (kenh, “empty”). Both variants are most likely secondary, derived from ἀργή (argh, “useless”). The reading of the majority is probably an assimilation to the statements in vv. 17 and 26, while Ì⁷⁴’s reading picks up on κενέ (kene) earlier in the verse. The external evidence (B C* 323 945 1739 sa) for ἀργή is sufficient for authenticity; coupled with the strong internal evidence for the reading (if νεκρά were original, how would ἀργή have arisen here and not in vv. 17 or 26?), it is strongly preferred.

[3:12]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[4:9]  ¹ tn This term and the following one are preceded by καί (kai) in the Greek text, but contemporary English generally uses connectives only between the last two items in such a series.

[4:9]  ² tn Grk “let your laughter be turned.”

[4:15]  ¹ tn Grk “instead of your saying.”

[5:18]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events.